diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-core/github.rb b/lib/cocoapods-core/github.rb
index b3207fe04..443a8aef4 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-core/github.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-core/github.rb
@@ -6,25 +6,35 @@ module Pod
   #
   module GitHub
 
-    # @return [Hash]
+    # Returns the information of a user.
     #
-    def self.user(name)
-      peform_request("https://api.github.com/users/#{name}")
+    # @param  [String] login
+    #         The name of the user.
+    #
+    # @return [Hash] The data of user.
+    #
+    def self.user(login)
+      peform_request("https://api.github.com/users/#{login}")
     end
 
-    # Returns the information about a GitHub repo.
+    # Returns the information of a repo.
     #
-    # @param  [String] The URL of the repo.
+    # @param  [String] url
+    #         The URL of the repo.
     #
     # @return [Hash] The hash containing the data as reported by GitHub.
     #
-    def self.fetch_github_repo_data(url)
+    def self.repo(url)
       if repo_id = repo_id_from_url(url)
         peform_request("https://api.github.com/repos/#{repo_id}")
       end
     end
 
-    # @return [Array]
+    # Returns the tags of a repo.
+    #
+    # @param  [String] url @see #repo
+    #
+    # @return [Array] The list of the tags.
     #
     def self.tags(url)
       if repo_id = repo_id_from_url(url)
@@ -32,7 +42,11 @@ def self.tags(url)
       end
     end
 
-    # @return [Array]
+    # Returns the branches of a repo.
+    #
+    # @param  [String] url @see #repo
+    #
+    # @return [Array] The list of the branches.
     #
     def self.branches(url)
       if repo_id = repo_id_from_url(url)
@@ -46,12 +60,24 @@ def self.branches(url)
 
     # @!group Private helpers
 
-    # @return [String]
+    # Returns the repo ID given it's URL.
+    #
+    # @param [String] url
+    #        The URL of the repo.
+    #
+    # @return [String] the repo ID.
     #
     def self.repo_id_from_url(url)
       url[/github.com\/([^\/\.]*\/[^\/\.]*)\.*/, 1]
     end
 
+    # Performs a get request with the given URL.
+    #
+    # @param [String] url
+    #        The URL of the resource.
+    #
+    # @return [Array, Hash] The information of the resource as Ruby objects.
+    #
     def self.peform_request(url)
       require 'rest'
       require 'json'
diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/set/statistics.rb b/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/set/statistics.rb
index 74be16528..a364732d5 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/set/statistics.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-core/specification/set/statistics.rb
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def github_stats_if_needed(set)
 
           spec = set.specification
           url = spec.source[:git] || ''
-          repo = GitHub.fetch_github_repo_data(url)
+          repo = GitHub.repo(url)
 
           if repo
             set_value(set, :gh_watchers, repo['watchers'])
diff --git a/spec/github_spec.rb b/spec/github_spec.rb
index 6f3b71941..45cb9b6d8 100644
--- a/spec/github_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/github_spec.rb
@@ -3,23 +3,33 @@
 module Pod
   describe GitHub do
 
+    def stub_github_request(url, response_body)
+      require 'rest'
+      response = mock(:body => response_body)
+      REST.expects(:get).with(url).returns(response)
+    end
+
     describe "In general" do
       it "returns the information of a user" do
+        stub_github_request('https://api.github.com/users/CocoaPods', '{"login":"CocoaPods"}')
         user = GitHub.user("CocoaPods")
         user['login'].should == 'CocoaPods'
       end
 
       it "returns the information of a repo" do
-        repo = GitHub.fetch_github_repo_data("https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods")
+        stub_github_request('https://api.github.com/repos/CocoaPods/CocoaPods', '{"name":"CocoaPods"}')
+        repo = GitHub.repo("https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods")
         repo['name'].should == 'CocoaPods'
       end
 
       it "returns the tags of a repo" do
+        stub_github_request('https://api.github.com/repos/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/tags', '[{"name":"0.20.2"}]')
         tags = GitHub.tags("https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods")
         tags.find { |t| t["name"] == "0.20.2" }.should.not.be.nil
       end
 
       it "returns the branches of a repo" do
+        stub_github_request('https://api.github.com/repos/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/branches', '[{"name":"master"}]')
         branches = GitHub.branches("https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods")
         branches.find { |t| t["name"] == "master" }.should.not.be.nil
       end
diff --git a/spec/specification/set/statistics_spec.rb b/spec/specification/set/statistics_spec.rb
index 5b6dcdc1a..2a146ea83 100644
--- a/spec/specification/set/statistics_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/specification/set/statistics_spec.rb
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ module Pod
 
       it "returns the GitHub watchers of a Pod" do
         repo_data = { 'watchers' => 2771 }
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
         @stats.github_watchers(@set).should == 2771
       end
 
       it "returns the GitHub forks of a Pod" do
         repo_data = { 'forks' => 423 }
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
         @stats.github_forks(@set).should == 423
       end
 
       it "returns the time of the last push from GitHub" do
         repo_data = { 'pushed_at' => "2012-07-12T17:36:21Z" }
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
         @stats.github_pushed_at(@set).should == Time.parse("2012-07-12T17:36:21Z")
       end
 
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ module Pod
 
       it "uses an in memory cache" do
         repo_data = { 'watchers' => 2771 }
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(repo_data)
         @stats.github_watchers(@set).should == 2771
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).never
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).never
         @stats.github_watchers(@set).should == 2771
       end
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module Pod
       end
 
       it "uses a cache file, if provided" do
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).never
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).never
         @stats.github_watchers(@set).should == 2771
       end
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ module Pod
       end
 
       it "uses the cache of GitHub values if still valid" do
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).never
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).never
         @stats.github_watchers(@set).should  == 2771
         @stats.github_forks(@set).should     == 423
         @stats.github_pushed_at(@set).should == Time.parse("2012-07-12T17:36:21Z")
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ module Pod
       before do
         @repo_fixture = { 'watchers' => 2771, 'forks' => 423, 'pushed_at' => "2012-07-12T17:36:21Z" }
         File.open(@cache_file, 'w') { |f| f.write(YAML.dump({ 'JSONKit' => {}})) }
-        GitHub.expects(:fetch_github_repo_data).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(@repo_fixture)
+        GitHub.expects(:repo).with('git://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit.git').returns(@repo_fixture)
       end
 
       it "saves the cache after retrieving GitHub information" do